Image Description:

Photograph of William Sargent, who served in the Union Army, Company E, 53rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. Sargent was wounded at the Battle of Fair Oaks (aka Seven Pines) on June 1, 1862. Shot in the face and both arms, Sargent was discharged from the Union Army on September 7, 1864 and subsequently lived in Philadelphia.

Inscription:

Mother - Ella Sargent, Ranck's half brother. (back face)

William Sargent of Winfield Union co. this was child to Josha Sargent's first wife. He later married his dead wife's sister. My mother Ella Ranck Harry - ????? (back face)

This and Eliza, Harriet and Lewis, children of first wife (right side of back face)

Willie (left side of back face)

Union Gallery, Danbury, Conn. (bottom of back face)